WBTC Hits New High on Aave, Coinbase’s Wrapped Bitcoin Supply Soars

September 27, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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It’s been 48 days since Bitgo revealed its partnership with Bit Global on Aug. 9, 2024. Since that announcement, the supply of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) held on Aave V3 has soared to a new peak. Meanwhile, cbBTC, the bitcoin derivative token from Coinbase, has hit a market cap of $247.8 million. Bitcoin Derivative Landscape Shifts […]

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Wrapped Bitcoin supplied on Aave hits record high despite backing fears

September 26, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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WBTC is still the most popular Bitcoin wrapper, with nearly $10 billion in TVL, according to DefiLlama.

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) supplied on decentralized lending platform Aave hit an all-time high despite anxieties around the Bitcoin (BTC) wrapper’s backing, according to data from Dune Analytics.

Aave’s WBTC supply on the Ethereum network broke 37,000 in September, or more than $2 billion at current prices, according to Dune.

The record-breaking total value locked (TVL) on Aave follows a wave of skepticism among cryptocurrency retail investors about the safety of the underlying spot Bitcoin backing WBTC.

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Sky Adviser Recommends Halting Wrapped Bitcoin Offboarding

September 25, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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BA Labs, an adviser to Sky, formerly known as Makerdao, has decided to stop recommending any additional parameter changes regarding the offboarding of wrapped bitcoin (WBTC) collateral. The move follows statements from Bitgo’s CEO Mike Belshe and a vote from Sky community members. Sky Adviser BA Labs Recommends Pausing WBTC Offboarding Changes BA Labs’ decision […]

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Sky rethinking plan to offboard WBTC after discussion with BitGo CEO

September 25, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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BA Labs, adviser to DeFi lender Sky, says concerns about Justin Sun’s role in Wrapped Bitcoin custody are resolved. A new vote is set for Oct. 3.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) pioneer Sky, formerly Maker, is reconsidering its plan to offboard Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) as collateral for its lending protocol after receiving a new recommendation from one of its key advisers, BA Labs.

On Sept. 24, BA Labs recommended pausing the WBTC offboarding plan following a lengthy conversation with BitGo co-founder Mike Belshe on Sky’s governance forum.

The move follows BitGo’s clarifications about changes in management or custody of WBTC, control of the signing keys, and commitment to give advance notice of changes.

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21.co’s Bitcoin wrapper to add Chainlink proof of reserve

September 23, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The integration comes as other Bitcoin wrappers face scrutiny for custody practices.

21.co, the parent company of cryptocurrency asset manager 21Shares, announced on Sept. 23 that it is adding Chainlink’s proof of reserve to 21BTC to address potential concerns about the Bitcoin (BTC) wrapper’s backing.

Integrating proof of reserves into 21BTC on Ethereum and Solana “protects against malicious minting by embedding cryptographic guarantees that new tokens minted are backed by reserves,” 21.co said.

The announcement follows a wave of skepticism among cryptocurrency retail investors about the safety of the underlying spot BTC backing Bitcoin wrappers including Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC).

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Coinbase’s cbBTC wrapped Bitcoin coming to Solana — Breakpoint 2024

September 21, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Wrapped Bitcoin products allow users to retain asset control while using Bitcoin as collateral for decentralized finance applications.

Coinbase's country director for Singapore, Hassan Ahmed, recently announced plans to bring Coinbase's new "cbBTC" — a wrapped Bitcoin asset — to the Solana (SOL) network at the Breakpoint 2024 event.

No date was specified for the launch of the Bitcoin (BTC) token during the announcement. Ahmed told the audience:

The Coinbase executive's announcement drew immediate applause from the Solana-centered conference — indicating an appetite for the collateralized asset.

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Cryptoquant: Coinbase’s cbBTC Could Challenge Bitgo in Wrapped Bitcoin Market

September 19, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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This week, Cryptoquant researchers highlighted a new rivalry heating up in the wrapped bitcoin market, with Coinbase’s cbBTC stepping up to challenge Bitgo’s long-established reign. Coinbase’s Wrapped Bitcoin Token cbBTC Shakes Up Market Coinbase introduced its wrapped bitcoin token, cbBTC, in mid-September 2024, and it has swiftly expanded to a supply of 1,670 cbBTC, according […]

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BitGo deploys wrapped BTC on Avalanche and BNB Chain

September 11, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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Crypto custodian BitGo is now using LayerZero’s OFT Standard to deploy its WBTC across more than 80 chains.

Cryptocurrency custody platform BitGo has adopted LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) Standard for its Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), enabling the asset to operate across multiple blockchain networks.

According to a Sept. 10 announcement, BitGo is deploying WBTC on Avalanche and BNB Chain as part of the rollout, with more chains to be included. Prior to this advanced rollout, WBTC was available on networks such as Ethereum, Base, Tron, and Polygon.

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is a tokenized version of Bitcoin (BTC) that allows holders to use BTC value in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications for trading, lending, and liquidity. Each WBTC is backed 1:1 by Bitcoin. According to data from CoinGecko, the token's market capitalization was $8.8 billion at the time of writing.

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Crypto Whale Facing Liquidation of $26,470,000 WBTC Position on Compound: Lookonchain

September 10, 2024 The Daily Hodl

Crypto Whale Facing Liquidation of ,470,000 WBTC Position on Compound: Lookonchain

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A crypto whale with a $26.47 million position in Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is cutting it close after barely escaping liquidation last Friday. According to on-chain data tracker Lookonchain, a deep-pocketed whale with an Ethereum (ETH) address beginning with Oxceef was close to being liquidated on the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Compound after Bitcoin dropped to […]

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DeFi protocol Threshold proposes Bitcoin wrapper merger to ‘save WBTC’

August 30, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The proposal would effectively transfer control of WBTC to Threshold.

Bitcoin (BTC) decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Threshold is proposing to merge its own BTC “wrapper” token, tBTC, into Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) in a bid to “save WBTC” following concerns about an impending change in control of the popular BTC wrapper, according to an Aug. 29 proposal in Threshold’s governance forum.

On Aug. 9, BitGo — the cryptocurrency custodian holding the Bitcoin backing WBTC — announced a planned partnership with BiT Global, a Hong Kong-based crypto exchange. Per the partnership, which aims to diversify WBTC’s United States-centric footprint, BiT Global is expected to gain partial control of the multisignature wallet custodying WBTC’s Bitcoin backing.

“This announcement has proven controversial due to the involvement of Justin Sun, with many in the ecosystem, expressing concern over his ‘affiliated projects show worrying signs of possible misappropriation’ of collateral,” Threshold’s proposal said.

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